Product Documentation
Dracula Graphical User Interface Tutorial
Product Version IC23.1, September 2023

Index

A

accessing
commands
errors automatically
aggressor nets
All in Active Rule
All in Visible Rules
analyzing LVS errors
area capacitance

B

buttons, form

C

capacitance
area/fringe
coupling
displaying components
getting information about
listing nets
to ground
viewing terminals/body
cells, empty
CELLTABLE.HTV file
CIW
Close Window command
closing text windows
Command Interpreter Window
commands
Close Window command
Display Layers command
Display Net command
Display Options command ,
Error Status command ,
Fit Edit command
Fit Next Error in Current Placement command
Open Netlist Window command
Ruler command ,
See also commands, using 14
Select Cells command
Setup command
DRC menu ,
LPE menu
LVS menu
Show Discrepancy Report command
commands, using
accessing
canceling ,
getting help
selecting ,
composite errors
conventions, menu commands
correcting Dracula errors
coupling capacitance
Create Dummy InQuery Cell form
creating empty cells
cycling through DRC errors

D

data
format
layout
tutorial
dataout<3>, highlighting in the netlist window
default form settings
descending hierarchy
devices
displaying ,
highlighting
directories
creating
dracrc
dracrun
drchier
discrepancy report window ,
Display Layers command
Display Net command
Display Options command ,
displaying
capacitor terminals/body
devices ,
errors
Dracula
DRC error files
DRC error flags
hierarchical DRC error files
hierarchical DRC error flags
LVS
Hcells with errors ,
layers
layout data
nets
nodes with extra layout devices
resistor terminals/body
See Dracula Layer Window
dracrc directory
dracrun directory
Dracula error files ,
Dracula errors
displaying
locating
Dracula Layer Window
DRC
displaying
error files
error flags
hierarchical error files
hierarchical error flags
errors
cycling through
displaying
keeping track of
verifying
explaining rules
identifying violations ,
menu commands ,
verifying rules
DRC Error Query Status form ,
DRC Options form , ,
DRC Setup form
drchier directory
dummy cells. See empty cells 15

E

empty cells
creating
opening
reopening
Error Status command ,
errors
analyzing automatically
composite
cycling through
explaining
explanations, verifying
files ,
flags ,
Hcell and composite-to-Hcell
Hcells ,
keeping track of
locating
LVS
status
status report ,
status, saving ,
exiting Cadence software
explaining
DRC rules
parasitic capacitance
parasitic resistance

F

files
CELLTABLE.HTV
DAT
DRC error
ENC
for tutorial
hierarchical DRC error
LPE/PRE output
LVS report
status text file
TARGET.DAT
finding. See locating 9
Fit Edit command
Fit Next Error in Current Placement command
flags, error ,
format
data
layout data
forms
buttons
Create Dummy InQuery Cell
default settings
DRC Error Query Status ,
DRC Options , ,
DRC Setup
Handle Hcells ,
LPE Setup
LVS Setup
Open File
Open Netlist Window
RCV
Select DRC Error Files
Show LVS Discrepancy Report
using
View LVS
fringe capacitance

H

Handle Hcells form ,
Hcell and composite-to-Hcell errors
Hcells with errors
displaying ,
selecting
Hierarchical Cell command
hierarchy, descending
highlighting
area/fringe capacitance components
capacitance components
capacitance nets
capacitance to ground
dataout<3>
devices
resistance components
resistance nets
unmatched devices

I

icon menu
Fit Edit command
Ruler command ,
identifying
DRC violations ,
LVS errors
parasitic capacitance
parasitic resistance
input line, CIW
InQuery
starting from the CIW
installation instructions

K

keeping track of errors , ,

L

layers, displaying
layout
data
data format
tools
levels, ascending and descending
locating
Dracula errors
LVS errors
shorts
LPE Setup form
LPE/PRE
highlighting capacitance nets
highlighting resistance nets
listing parasitic capacitance nets
listing parasitic resistance nets
LVS
discrepancy report
errors, analyzing
menu commands
LVS Setup form

M

measuring. See ruler 28
menu banner, CIW
menu commands
DRC ,
LPE
LVS
menu commands, selection conventions
menus, using
mouse, using

N

netlist window ,
nets
aggressor
listing capacitance
listing resistance
listing user-selected
with parasitic capacitance
with parasitic resistance
nodes with extra layout devices

O

Open File form
Open Netlist Window command
Open Netlist Window form
opening empty cells
output area, CIW

P

parasitic capacitance
area/fringe
coupling
displaying components
getting information about
listing nets
to ground
viewing terminals/body
parasitic resistance
displaying components
getting information about
listing nets
prompt line, CIW

Q

quitting
Cadence software
the tutorial

R

RCV form
Reference window
removing the ruler ,
reports
discrepancy
error status ,
resistance
displaying components
getting information about
listing nets
resizing windows
ruler
creating ,
removing ,
Ruler command ,
Rules Layer Window ,
rules, verifying DRC

S

sample tutorial data ,
saving error status ,
schematic netlist. See netlist window 51
scrolling discrepancy report window
Select Cells command
Select DRC Error Files form
selecting
commands ,
Hcells with errors
setting up Cadence software
Setup command
DRC menu ,
LPE menu
LVS menu
shorts, locating
Show Discrepancy Report command
Show LVS Discrepancy Report form
starting
Cadence software
InQuery
InQuery from CIW
standalone InQuery
status text file

T

TARGET.DAT file
text windows, closing
tracking errors , ,
traversing the hierarchy, descending one level
tutorial directories
creating
dracrc
dracrun
drchier

U

unmatched devices, highlighting
using
forms
menus
mouse
ruler ,

V

verifying
DRC rules
error explanations
View DRC Error window , ,
View LVS form
Virtuoso Layout Editor

W

window title, CIW
windows
closing
Command Interpreter Window (CIW)
discrepancy report window
netlist
Reference
resizing
Rules Layer Window ,
View DRC Error , ,

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